A friend of mine is doing a project on the ring tailed lemurs. Could anyone possibly tell me the group composition please? Thank you.
Visited here today and I didn't have huge expectations but as my last visit was over 10years ago I went open minded. I was pleasantly surprised, nicely laid out and plenty to see. Surprisingly for BH weekend it wasn't as busy as expected but this suited me down to the ground as I had time at enclosures to see the animals. *Hybrid tiger Bryn born 1998 ? Died in 2016 I overheard someone say. *Camel calf Sparky is getting quite adventurous but it's great to see a youngster at the zoo *4 sealions and keepers are hopeful that Rooney and Sofia are pregnant but they aren`t committing themselves so one will see what happens. *Got some great shots of the bears and they were quite active. *There are 11 chimps and the eldest is over 50 years old *Lemur walkthrough is nice albeit a little small but great for the kids *Saw a red panda up a tree asleep but I was lucky to see it, could easily of been missed * Glad there are plans for a new snow leopard enclosure as the current one is too small but got some great shots of them. *Only 2 Przewalski horses hope they get more
Welsh Mountain Zoo's new snow leopard enclosure given go ahead planning permission has finally been granted for the new Snow Leopard enclosure.
Absolutely agree. I saw the zoo as a something else to visit when I stay up at Chester overnight, at least for a couple of hours. But that enclosure actually saddened me and puts me off revisiting, so I look forward to the finished development.
I would also argue whether the European Brown Bear exhibit is suitable for them as well. Very small and not much for them to do.
I've seen worse and they do have a few bits and pieces to prod around. But I found it a bit grim to be honest, I forgot about it.
I also think the Chimps is a poor exhibit. Cutting it down, aside of the paddocks with the horses in and the Tiger Exhibit, possibly the Flamingo Exhibit and the Penguins, I think Welsh Mountain Zoo is really really poor. The enclosures are too small, and lack anything modern about them. It is easily one of my least favourite zoo's and I would not be disappointed to see a number of their animals move on to other collections. The Alligator house is also unsafe in my opinion. There has been talks about improvements for a number of years but rarely anything happens. The Snow Leopard improvements are long long long overdue. Only Linton Zoo has a worse exhibit in my opinion.
Yes, I nearly mentioned that, but didn't really want to be specific about it or other bear exhibits I haven't liked. (jeez, my typing sucks these days!)
Think the bears at WMZ we’re from a circus and a zoo that couldn’t house them so whilst maybe not the best enclosure at least better than there alternatives
WMZ bears are from Athens zoo(I think) where they were born in 2004. They were not needed for the breeding program so came to WMZ. A sign on their enclosure states this.
Ah yes, the original bears were of circus origin, before one died. The 2 Attika Zoo sisters joined later on.
I don't know, but from a news link, the circus pair arrived around 2000, but wikipedia says Bear Falls was developed in 1996, so maybe they had some previous to their arrival.
Yes it is a bit harsh. Some valid points i.e; Snow leopard enclosure however WMZ don't have a huge amount of land to expand. I would like to see more improvements and new species acquired but this, for obvious reasons, requires a lot of money and time. Just out of interest what the last new species WMZ acquired? I'd like to see Yak up with the Pzewalski horses to fit in with the Himalayan theme
